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While much ado is made about the ASA’s history as a rejected Ferrari project, the cars certainly stand on their own in terms of both styling and performance. This 1965 ASA 1000 GT for sale on Hemmings.com features a 20-year-old restoration and a recent servicing, which should allow for the “Ferrarina” to be enjoyed as it was originally meant to be – on the road. From the seller’s description:

The example I am proud to offer here is one of fixed-head versions and looks great from most angles. The original numbers-matching car was subject to a complete restoration on the East Coast back in 1991-1993. After completion, the car participated in two New England 1000 Road Rallies where the car performed flawlessly. The car was subsequently sold to the previous owner in 1996 here in California, where it spent much of its life garaged by its big brother, a beautiful Ferrari Lusso. After 15 years of hibernation, I have brought this fantastic car back to life. Although the restoration is 20 years old, it still presents well overall. The overall paint quality would be considered drivers status with minor flaws (minor bubbling due to prep flaws and minor chips from 20 years of life) the paint still has great shine and will hold its own at any Cars and Coffee. The trim and chrome looks near new, the interior still looks fresh with the leather soft and undamaged. All the Jaeger gauges function properly other than the clock. Car has just been inspected and serviced by a well respected shop in Los Angeles, Alfa Italia which included: a complete flushing of the fuel, cooling and brake systems, a complete rebuild of the Weber carbs, new stainless exhaust, new axle seals and front wheel bearings, brand new period tires, a valve adjustment and, of course, fresh fluids throughout.

If you’re planning on refinishing your car somewhere down the line, you might want to think about buying your paint today.
Addressing the Collision Industry Conference on November 1, 2005, held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Los Vegas in conjunction with the SEMA show, EPA Environmental Protection Surface Coating Specialist Kim Teal outlined some of her agency’s plans for their next air-pollution rule from automotive surface coating.
The last version of this rule, issued in February 2004, was focused primarily on bodyshops, but the new regulations, scheduled for release in 2007 and adoption in August 2011, are far more sweeping.
“The rule will impact everyone, no matter how much you use,” she is reported as saying in Automotive Body Repair News. That may have a major effect on the hobby, as “the rule will attempt to restrict sales of paint to people who are not certified users.”
This language has some powerful support. In a letter to Teal dated October 26, 2005, representatives from the Automotive Service Association (ASA) and National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), recommended steps that sound uncannily like Teal’s remarks just a few days later.
The letter, which suggests measures to be
incorporated in the proposed rule, suggests that “Prospective purchasers and users of automotive refinishing products would need to be employed by a certified shop…Clearly, reasonable controls on the purchase and use of automotive refinishing products is key to helping eliminate unnecessary VOC emissions…”
We’ll let you draw your own conclusions about the EPA’s, ASA’s and NADA’s intentions, but if there was ever a piece of car-related legislation about which to write your legislator, this is it. Kim Teal’s contact information can be found at www.epa.gov and your legislators at www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. The original letter from ASA and NADA is available at www.asashop.org.

(This post originally appeared in the November 10, 2005, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)